15 Free jQuery Slider and Carousel Plugins

We all know about the popularity of content sliders and carousels. In recent years they’ve really taken the web by storm. Visitors are much more likely to interact with dynamic content rather than static links, and when implemented properly they do work exceptionally well by allowing you to place your most important content and products at the front and center of your website.

These vanilla JavaScript and jQuery slideshow and carousel plugins are simple to implement with just a few lines of code. Most of the effects are created using JavaScript but there are a few that effectively make use of CSS transitions and animations. Even though these scripts are lightweight, it is recommended that you stick to using just a single slider/carousel per web page, as too much of a good thing tends to drastically affect the page loading time.